8th Grade Reading

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This week we will focus on the story Another April

Agenda 9/23
  1. SSR and Reflection Log
  2. jigsaw reading The Telephone
    1. Value City
  3. Nonfiction - Math Story Problem Activity

Agenda 9/20
  1. SSR and Reflection Log
  2. Warm-up
  3. Elements of a play
  4. Building Background
  5. Listen to The Telephone
  6. HW Workbook pages 44-47
  7. HW PowerWords 37-39

Agenda 9/16
  1. SSR and Reflection Log
  2. Warm-up Activity
  3. What are Choose your own Adventures?
  4. Create your own Choose your own Adventure.

Agenda 9/15
  1. SSR and Reflection Log
  2. Continue reading Another April.
  3. Characteristic T-Chart
  4. Setting Game
  5. Power Words are due tomorrow

Agenda 9/14
  1. Library
  2. Aimsweb Testing
  3. Continue Reading Another April through p. 110.
  4. Characteristic T-Chart

Agenda 9/13
  1. Aimsweb Testing
  2. SSR and Reflection Log
  3. 9/11 Article and Discussion
  4. Read Another April through page 104

Agenda 9/12
  1. Aimsweb Testing
  2. SSR and Reflection Log
  3. CW 3 - Family Reunion
  4. 9/11 Article


Agenda 9/9
  1. SSR and Reflection Log
  2. Test
  3. Make-up work

Agenda 9/8
  1. SSR and Reflection Log
  2. CW 1 -Write 20 descriptive words that express your feelings about your family. After each word, try to form a sentence using your descriptive word. The sentence should describe hoe you feel about your family.
  3. Write a poem about a member of your family and what that person means to you. You should include descriptive words and phrases to express your feelings about that family member.
  4. Math Writing activity.
  5. Power words
Agenda 9/7
  1. SSR and Reflection Log
  2. Listen to "In a Neighborhood in Los Angeles"
  3. Complete Imagery Observation Chart
  4. Work on Workbook pages 35-39 (due Friday 9/9)
  5. CW 1 - When you think of the word wedding, what images come to mind?
  6. Read Mudslining.

Agenda 9/6
  1. SSR and Reflection Log
  2. CW 1 - You may have grandparents in your life or you may only know of them through old photographs or your parents' stories. Recall and write about what you know about your grandparents.
  3. Class Discussion - Grandparents
  4. Terminology
  5. Complete Imagery Observation Chart
  6. HW - WB pages 35 - 39 (due Friday)

Agenda 9/1
  1. SSR and Reflection Log
  2. As a class read Trombones and Colleges.
  3. Finish reading Trombones and Colleges. Partners?
  4. Answer all Focus and Think it Through questions. Partners?
  5. CW 1 - Describe Report Card day in your house. 8 lines in 10 minutes.
  6. Complete Workbook pages 31 - 34 (due Tomorrow)

Agenda 8/31
  1. Library
  2. SSR and Reflection Log
  3. Begin reading Trombones and Colleges
Agenda 8/30
  1. SSR and fill out reflection log
  2. Finish Genre Poster - only 20 minutes
  3. CW 3 - What is family?What are theme, inferences, characterization, and context clues?
    • Topic sentence defining family
    • 3 specific details about people in your family
    • complete sentences - every sentence starts with a capital and ends with a period (end mark)

  5. Start reading Trombones and Colleges
Agenda 8/29
  1. SSR and fill out reflection log
  2. Collins Writing - Student will use www.edmodo.com. How do we group things/people?
  3. Genre group activity
  4. Text features - Math
  5. Scavenger Hunt

This week we will continue to focus on the 7 reading Strategies and other useful reading concepts
Agenda 8/26
  1. SSR
  2. Create an Edmodo account.
  3. Answer the type 1 in Edmodo. Be sure to click turn in (otherwise anyone can see your response).
  4. Answer the type 3 in Edmodo. Besure to click turn in (otherwise anyone can see your reponse).
  5. Have a discussion about bullies. Post a question and respond to 3 questions.
  6. Work on Summarizing and cause and effect worksheet.
Agenda 8/25
  1. SSR
  2. Finish Bullying Article
  3. Create an Edmodo accout
  4. Complete the Type 1 and Type 3 Writing assignments on Edmodo
Agenda 8/24
  1. SSR
  2. Finish Poster
  3. Read and discuss bullying article
  4. Collins Writing
Agenda 8/23
  1. SSR
  2. Pretest
  3. Complete Poster of Reading Strategies
  4. Report Out on Poster
  5. Collins Writing

Agenda 8/22
1. Sustained Silent Reading
2. Finish Active Reading Strategies
3. Poster of Reading Strategies
4. Collins Writing
5. Report out